Sunday, 26 February 2012

As usual on the weekend I couldn't sleep so I decided to pull together this tutorial for you as promised in my last post for the napkin fold card. It's not an easy one to put into diagrams, but here goes and hopefully you will be able to make something of them, if not I apologise now ;-) One word of advise though (learnt from experience of course), the better you score your folds the easier it is to form the shape!

14) Finally take the corners in the centre and fold/score back towards the outside (see diagram 10 below)

Diagram 10

15) Your finished fold should look like this (see picture below). Obviously mine has been mounted onto a card, but you can see the folds clearly from this picture

16) To complete, cut a piece of card (approx 9.5cm square) to fit inside the fold and decorate. Please note that once it is inside the fold only the centre of the insert is visible (see pictures below)

Once you have mastered this technique you can play around with the sizings and make it larger or smaller. I have made this to fit onto a 6" x 6" card, but you could make it larger and tie a ribbon around the centre (this was how it was demo'd to me). You can add different coloured card to sections to highlight them or use double sided card - the ideas are endless.

I hope that these instructions, diagrams and pictures have been easy enough to follow and that you enjoy making your own napkin fold cards. I would love to hear your comments.

I am not claiming to have invented this fold, just adapted it for my own use and hopefully assisting others. Please feel free to reference this tutorial, along with your project, on your blog and any craft sites but PLEASE spare a thought for the time and effort that has gone into producing this and a link to this tutorial would be very much appreciated :-)

Friday, 24 February 2012

It's challenge time again over at Fussy and Fancy and this fortnights challenge is "more than words". We want you to use your long sentiments or verses for your projects this time so no "happy birthdays", "get well soons" or "good lucks"!

Friday, 10 February 2012

Well it's nearly Valentines Day girls!!!!! Have you got your cards ready for your husbands, fiancees, boyfriends or just someone you wish was, tee hee :-)

Over at Fussy and Fancy our challenge for the next 2 weeks is "With All My Heart". I hope you'll join us and share your cards and projects with us and show us some love. I wonder how many hearts we'll see?

Here's the card that I've made my Valentine (Mark) and I've also made a box for it to go into as well, hope he likes it :-) It's been a real struggle trying to hide it from him as he loves looking at my work and when I had a friend over to help her make one for her husband he was banned from the room, bless him!! Hope it's all worth it in the end!!

For more inspiration pop over to the Fussy and Fancy challenge blog and check out what the talented girls on the design team have done.

Welcome to my crafty world, the place where I go to get away from it all and indulge myself! Some people go for chocolate or wine, but with me it's more papers, stamps and an inky mess. I hope you'll find something inspirational on your trip around my blog and even better if you want to come back for more.
xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

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Please feel free to take inspiration from my work, but spare a thought for the hours of work that have gone into them and please don't copy or upload any of my work claiming it as your own! Thank you :-)